But Nana Akuffo-Addo, the losing candidate and now a contender, graciously conceded defeat.
He was also key in the opposition Social Democratic Party that supported the losing candidate in last year's presidential elections.
Besides General Athor, another losing candidate, David Yau Yau, is at large in Jonglei with hundreds of armed followers in Pibor, in the state's east.
Now what marketer will come through for the losing-candidate supporters after their inevitable return home?
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But 2006 "was a horrible election year" for Republicans in Pennsylvania, with the gubernatorial candidate losing by 21 points and a historic defeat in the state legislature.
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Yet Vladimir Todoric, a Serbian analyst, says that the government will give away as little as it can without losing its chance of candidate status.
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had been the only one, but was forced to resign her post when she decided to run as a write-in candidate after losing her GOP primary.
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By analyzing the language in each speech, I created a model that predicted whether a speech came from a winning candidate or a losing one.
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The money-losing Hornets were a prime candidate to move after the NBA bought the team from George Shinn in a seller-financed deal in December, 2010 after a local buyer could not be found.
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Hillary to Senate candidate, she risks losing the support of the wishy-washy who ardently did not want her husband run out of town by Ken Starr but are perfectly happy to have Clinton go quietly when his term ends.
Churches cannot officially endorse a candidate, for fear of losing their tax-exempt status.
No candidate wants to publicly contemplate losing before the votes are counted, still strategists both in New Hampshire and in Texas believe with organizations in 50 states, a Bush loss in New Hampshire, while not desirable, would be quite survivable.
It was designed to allow Mr Lagos, then also a strong candidate, to stand down without losing face.
It's more than symbolic that when a million Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure, the Republican candidate for president has lost track of his holdings.
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However, the main opposition candidate, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was himself prime minister until losing parliamentary elections in April last year, did not benefit as much as hoped from the popular anger.
An obscure ex-governor of Arkansas who is principally famous for losing 110 pounds (50kg), he is now talked of as a candidate for the vice-presidency.
If Gore ends up losing the election, many Democrats no doubt will blame Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate, for siphoning votes from the vice president.
Former US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has urged Republicans to stay optimistic in his first major speech since losing the election last year.
In the Bihar state assembly elections last year, the Congress candidate from Kesri's home town of Danapur won fewer than 1, 000 votes, losing his security deposit.
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